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Subject: Jefferson County Record, July 17, 1913 Part 1- Volunteer Transcriptions
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Jefferson County Record, July 17, 1913 Part 1- Volunteer Transcriptions Jefferson County Record Hillsboro, Missouri July 17, 1913 MOOSE LODGE RENTS THE ACME HOTEL Discontinuance of 7:45 am Train Proves Inconvenient Regular DeSoto Correspondent Mrs. Lily BENCINI has been engaged to teach room number 4 at Columbia, Mo. Walter BLACK and wife of Silica, were the guests of relatives here Sunday. Mr. FAIRBANKS of St. Louis, was the guest of his grandmother several days last week. Mr. and Mrs. C. T. JARVIS attended the funeral of Mrs. P. C. McCORMACK of Hematite Sunday. Frank KRICK remains critically ill at the home on 5th street. Miss Hazel SHOWMAN returned Saturday from Shelton where she was the guest of relatives for several weeks. Mrs. J. MAHN is at Herculaneum with her daughter Mrs. FREY who is critically ill. Miss Alice CAMPBELL went to St. Louis for the week Monday afternoon. On account of the rain Friday night the programs arranged for the meeting of the Pastor's Club was postponed until next week. Mrs. E. C. EDGAR is entertaining her sister from out of town. Miss Winnie SUTHERLAND returned to Chicago Sunday. The Moose Lodge has rented the Acme Hotel for their headquarters and the building is being remodeled and put into first class shape for this organization. Mrs. W. H .FARRAR departed for Hickory, North Carolina to visit her daughter, Mrs. BLACKBURN for a few weeks. Mrs. RUPORT of St. Louis who has been spending several months with her granddaughter, Mrs. J. E. ROZIER departed for home last Thursday. Stanley HOEKEN and wife were the guests of his aunt, Mrs. Sam BRYNS Friday. Mrs. Elizabeth KLENN returned Sunday from Kansas where she spent several weeks with her daughter, Mrs. Emory STONE. Since the Iron Mountain discontinued the train stopping at DeSoto at 7:45 am those who went to the city to take lessons in music etc find it very inconvenient to leave here at 5:30 am and not be able to return until 8 o'clock in the evening and for this reason several have not been able to make their weekly trips since this ruling went into effect. A daily paper will make its appearance in DeSoto August 4th, edited by W. E. CREW. A number of years ago our city supported a daily and it is to be hoped it can do so now. Mrs. C. MURDOCK who has been visiting relatives the past few weeks left Wednesday for her new home at Buffalo, N. Y. Mrs. P. P. HINCHEY will accompany her. Mrs. C. F. MEEK and daughter, Miss Harriet returned from a three weeks visit with relatives at DeQuoin, Ill. Mr. MEEK met them in the city. Dr. James EDWARDS and wife are in St. Louis since Friday, called there on account of the serious illness of his brother who died Saturday. The funeral services were held Monday in the City, (continued on page 5).....page 5 was not sent for transcribing. B/L SOME OF NATURE'S PRANKS Robert MORGAN of Zion was in town Friday on business and while here told us a nature story of an incident which came under his observation on Thursday. He and his neighbor, Robert HOW, were running a mower when it ran through a clump of trumpet vines and uncovered a Rhode Island Red hen setting on a nest beside a quail. They flew off of course but were distinctly seen sitting side by side. The nest was quail built and the quail had seven eggs under her while the hen had six. The nest was about thirty yards from the barn. They did not return to the nest. Frank DAVIS and wife a young couple living near Victoria were driving home in a buggy with a double team Wednesday evening when an electrical storm came up. They drove under a small tree to find some shelter when a shaft of lightning struck between the horses and splintered the tongue and neck yoke in pieces, threw the horses to the ground and partially stunned the couple in the buggy. The next day they were seen by the editor putting the broken pieces in a farm wagon and tying the broken buggy on behind, neither the team or the owners seemed any the worse for their experience but the latter at least, not anxious to repeat it. LEE VICINITY We had a good rain Friday evening. Atty. Seibert G. JONES and Adolph HASTE both of St. Louis, D. C. JONES and a friend from De Soto returned Saturday evening from a four days fishing trip on Mineral Fork, and reported some luck, their friend from De Soto reported to have caught a fish which he thought to be 3 feet. But as luck would have it, didn't catch it either, when he drew it to the surface the hook broke. George CASTILE and son-in-law George BROWN of St. Louis also returned from a fishing trip to Big River Friday evening. They too reported of having some luck and a good wetting coming home in the rain. L. HARTWEINS had a dance Friday. There was not a large crowd, owing to the rain. Miss Florence RICE of St. Louis who has been visiting Mrs. Ruth LEWIS returned home Saturday. Miss Edna HEILAND of St. Louis is the guest of Miss Eva HARETWEIN. Ed STERLING has returned from a short visit at his sisters at Mt. Olive, Ill. Mrs. J. C. STERLING is visiting her uncle in Virginia. MRS. MILTON LANHAM DEAD Mrs. Margaret E. Lanham wife of Milton Lanham died at her home in De Soto Saturday, July 12, ages 68 years. She had been a member of the Baptist church for twenty years and had lived the most of her life in Jefferson County though she was born and raised in West Virginia. She leaves three daughters and three sons, one of whom, H. S. LANHAM is well known in Hillsboro where they have several relatives. Rev. E. J. HAMRICK preached the funeral Monday.